DENVER—A bill to scale back strict Columbine-era school discipline policies cleared the first hurdle in the Colorado Senate, but it’s got a ways to go with lawmakers who think the legislation tries to do too much.

A Senate committee forwarded the bill on a 3-2 party-line vote with Republicans voting against on Thursday.

The proposal sponsored by Democratic Sens. Linda Newell and Evie Hudak would eliminate zero-tolerance policies, and expulsions would be mandatory only in cases where a student brings a gun to schools. Supporters say the goal is to give school administrators more discretion over student discipline.

But the bill also has new reporting requirements for law enforcement and schools. Some lawmakers say the requirements are cumbersome and that the legislation has become too complicated.

Spain came under repeated attack starting Thursday in what authorities called linked terrorist incidents, when a driver swerved a van into crowds in Barcelona’s historic Las Ramblas district, killing more than a dozen people and injuring scores of others. Early Friday, an attempted attack unfolded in a town down the coast

If there’s one superhero character whose rise might be most tied to the events of World War II, it is Captain America, who emerged from the minds of legends Joe Simon and Jack Kirby and sprung forth from an iconic 1941 debut cover on which Cap smacks Hitler right in the kisser.

A customer dining at Washington’s Oceanaire restaurant noticed an unusual line at the bottom of his receipt: “Due to the rising costs of doing business in this location, including costs associated with higher minimum wage rates, a 3% surcharge has been added to your total bill.”